Pacman Operations

Manage pacman packages. (Arch Linux package manager)

Facts used in these operations: pacman.PacmanPackages, pacman.PacmanUnpackGroup.

pacman.packages

Add/remove pacman packages.

pacman.packages(packages: str | list[str] | None=None, present=True, update=False, upgrade=False, **kwargs)

  • packages: list of packages to ensure

  • present: whether the packages should be installed

  • update: run pacman -Sy before installing packages

  • upgrade: run pacman -Su before installing packages

Versions:

Package versions can be pinned like pacman: <pkg>=<version>.

Example:

pacman.packages(
    name="Install Vim and a plugin",
    packages=["vim-fugitive", "vim"],
    update=True,
)
Note:

This operation also inherits all global arguments.

pacman.update

Stateless operation

This operation will always execute commands and is not idempotent.

Updates pacman repositories.

pacman.update(**kwargs)
Note:

This operation also inherits all global arguments.

pacman.upgrade

Stateless operation

This operation will always execute commands and is not idempotent.

Upgrades all pacman packages.

pacman.upgrade(**kwargs)
Note:

This operation also inherits all global arguments.